jpdb beta

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

2

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

2

lamp; light

2

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

2

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

1

paper

2

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

2

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

1

scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

2

old cloth; rag

1

had better ...; had better not ...

5

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

1

trademark

1

thick soles; thick-soled footwear

1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

1

chaps; skin fissure

2

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

1

to limp

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

2

to vomit; to spit out

2

limit; bound

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

3

serious injury

3

miraculous

2

that; the matter in question

2

(not) even; (not) any

1

having said that; on the other hand

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

written guarantee; guarantee letter; warranty; warranty card

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

3

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

1

impossible

2

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

2

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

3

desperate; hopeless

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

2

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

4

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

8

to lose one's life

1

approximately the same

2

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

1